blatherings and whatnot

Thursday, February 02, 2017

In Over His Head

(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump threatened in a phone call with his Mexican counterpart to send U.S. troops to stop "bad hombres down there" unless the Mexican military does more to control them itself, according to an excerpt of a transcript of the conversation obtained by The Associated Press.

The excerpt of the call did not make clear who exactly Trump considered "bad hombres," — drug cartels, immigrants, or both — or the tone and context of the remark, made in a Friday morning phone call between the leaders. It also did not contain Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto's response.

Comments

" don't worry about it . repeat :
Donald is a well regarded diplomat by democracies like Russia, the Duterte regime.
He talked big about China (Jina) and has proposed nothing . China has a much larger trade imbalance than with Mexico but he he hasn't been quite as obnoxious with them so far.